The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-08-06

ing the mandate Of Jovc, one of the men sprang
TO his feet, declared he did not believe aword OF
that-he believed that Hsneas was tired Of Juno
and made up the Jove story rs an excuse TO be
OF, and declared II was - shame after what
she had done for him TO use her ao."
These notes Of early times, written by Mr..
Ewing himself, are very interesting, and the
State was so small then that they make very
considerable contribution to its written history.
Our next neghbors, said he, were Ephraim
Cutler. Sylvnnus Ames William Brown, and q
few miles distant Nathan Woodbury., George
Wolf and Christopher Herrod, Sllas Dean, Mar
tin Boyles, John and Samuel McCune.
The spirit OF New England was manifesting
itself. and about this time, continues Mr.
Ewing the neighbors in our and the surround
ing settlements agreed TO purchase books and
make a common library. They raised in oil
about Si0O All OF my accumulated wealth, ten
coon skins, went into the fund.
Young Ewing's father had the impression that
his son would make scholar, but he was unable
to aid him In pecuniary way. " grew up with
the same impression" wrote the great Senator
In after years, land in my nineteenth year I al
most abandoned hope"
The thirst for knowledge was strong In the
boys heart, and he determined to make q final
and desperate effort to break away from his de-
pressing environment. He obtained leave
from his father to go forth into the world for a
few months and earn what money he could.
Young Ewing set of on foot through the woods
and walked till he reached the Ohio river. Here
he obtained hard work at low wages on keel
boat, and made his way to the salt wells on tho
Kanawha. He obtained work for three months
with the salt boilers.
ION my return home," writes Mr.. Ewing, "in
1909, went 70 Athens and spent three months
| there as student, by way Of testing my ca
pacity." The test was apparently satisfactory,
for he continues: 81 left the academy in the
spring with a sufficiently high opinion Of my
self, and returned TO the Kanawha to earn
money to complete my education" He not
only earned money to secure his education but
ut the same time paid of certain debts that
were pressing his father The labor at the salt
| furnaces was severe, unwholesome and dis
agreeable. No slave had ever to toll harder.
Mr.. Ewing's own testimony is: IT returned
home from the Kanawha the third year with
| about 5000 in money, but sick and exhausted
| Instead OF sending for n physician, I got Don
Quixote from the library and laughed myself
well In about ten days" During Mr.. Ewing's
collegiate career ut Athens he taught school at
Gallipolis one quarter, and studied French
there.
After finishing his studies at Athens, Mr.. Ew
| ing went to Lancaster in 1915 and studied law
with General Beecher and was admitted to the
| bar in August, 1916. He was in the habit OF
| reading law sixteen hours day. He gives this
description of his early efforts at the Bar:
II made my first speech IN Circieville. Gen
study and prepare. / spent much time with it.
| but time wasted as the cause was continued
the first day OF the court My next attempt
was in Lancaster. The father of General Sher
| man asked me to argue case OF his. had
| short notice, but was quite successful, and the
cause being appealed, Mr.. Sherman sent his
| client to employ me with him. had US YET
got no fees and my funds were very low. This
! November attended the Athens court. had
| nothing to do there, but met an old neighbor,
rietta to defend his brother. boy, who was to
| be tried for larceny. 1t was out of my intended
beat, but wanted business and fees, and
agreed to go for twenty-five dollars, Of which
received ten dollars in advance. I have had
several fees since of $4,000 and upwards, but
never one of which felt the value, or, in truth,
SO valuable to me as this went, tried the
boy and he was convicted, but the court
granted me new trial.
ION my way to Marietta at the next term ]
| thought of a ground for excluding the evi
| dence which had not occurred to me nj the first
| trial.
"It was not obvious, but sound. took It, ex.
cluded the evidence and acquitted my client
| This caused a sensation. was employed at
once in twelve penitentiary cases, and as pro
fessional man my fortune was thus briefly
made" But the pathway to it was over burn
| ing sands. 1t is said that while he was en-
| ployed at the kanawha saltworks he labored
| twenty hours out of the twenty-four, and tina,
he was often found during the four hours alot
ted to sleep working with open eyes, but still
| asleep, between two rows of boiling salt
| kettles, where false step would probably
| have cost him his life